Took bike out this evening .........

[P95Carry]

Warm and dry so .. motor cycle ride was on.

Decided to swing by the club range ... no one there so ... went in and thought I'd see just how easy or not it was, shootin from a moving platform. Using carry snub.

Hah!! .... I set up some clays along the berm and tried to hit em ... travelling in 1st gear at about 10 mph. Success?? Nope!! I'd have fallen off if concentrating enough on the shooting bit. Not to mention ..... having to use left hand!

If the clays had been side of barn ....... I might have managed!

Proved to me that shooting and riding a motor cycle are not exactly mutually exclusive!

If anyone has some method that works .. would love to hear it!

 

[Nick96]

I once tried chewing & spitting tobacco while riding a motorcycle. That didn't work out so well either.

 

[Jeff OTMG]

Try shooting the targets while riding at them, not at 90 degrees. MUCH EASIER. Then increase the angle as you get better. Also stay on the power, letting the throttle go causes rapid deceleration and makes it difficult to stay on target.

 

[Zundfolge]

What you have to do is 1st have a new Triumph ... then go real fast and grab the front brake (bringing the rear wheel off the ground). Shift your weight with gun in one extended hand so the bike starts to spin. Then as you come around let the shots fly and you should be dead on target (works best if you have a Beretta 92f ... and John Woo behind the camera ... works even better if you're Tom Cruise)

 

[Thumper]

If I'm in third gear at around 35, shooting from my bike is as easy (or hard) as shooting from a seat in the back of a truck.

Coming off the throttle has NO effect on controllability on my bike (2002 Shadow). I draw, aim (isosceles) shoot, lock, put gun in lap, and drive on.



You can reliably hit a hanging 5 gallon bucket at about 7 yards. You shoot from less than a 20 degree angle (backstop is 145 acres of milo).

Going 10 mph? Too slow, too unstable.

 

[Marko Kloos]

Makes you wonder how horse cavalry ever managed to hit anything from horseback...

 

[Thumper]

Imagine Quantrill's Raiders on Hogs...



Hell, we mighta won.

 

[P95Carry]

Thx for responses.

Jeff OTMG - agreed, nearer straight on would help - I guess I was trying the hardest ... as in ''ride by''. I didn't go much faster than 10 or so mph cos of roughish ground but can appreciate that more speed is better, up to a point.

I can imagine tho (and hard to test this one) ...... that if having to return fire at a vehicle in front, then perhaps, on good black top ...... could begin to work. I prefer not to consider having to return fire at a vehicle behind! I think it'd be a case of ''full throttle'' or bust.

Zundfolge -

 

[Thumper]

Yeah...I'd much rather run. Shooting on the move is just for fun.

On the topic:

When I'm stopped at a red light in a bad section of town, I put the bike in neutral. I know this is counter to what the MSF recommends, but if the bike is in first and I have to do anything with my left hand, it's going to be a mess.

Anybody else do this?

 

[P95Carry]

Thumper

When I'm stopped at a red light in a bad section of town, I put the bike in neutral

Luckily here, not many real ''bad parts'' ..... but I tend to follow your thinkin at times and select neutral .... also positioning off center then too ... so as to not be total block to stuff behind.

 

[yzguy]

I'd pull the clutch to coast (better than having the motor slow you down), use the right hand, and try aiming at something bigger than clays... The 5 gallon buckets would probably be good...

 

[taoshooter]

"not much faster than 10 mph" - why not just ride the clutch? Smoother and you'd probably get a better shot - especially if your right-handed.

"put the gun in my lap" ?? Why not reholster? Wouldn't that be better if you hit a bump ...

 

[P95Carry]

why not just ride the clutch?

That's a thought but ....... unless a rather fast idle then not so sure it'll work out ... may be worth a try tho next time out .... the clutch that is!!

 

[Thumper]

"not much faster than 10 mph" - why not just ride the clutch?

Read my post again...kinda hard to ride the clutch while shooting isosceles.

"put the gun in my lap" ?? Why not reholster?

Because it's easier...remember, my friends and I just do this for fun. It's hard to imagine a situation where I'd try to fight from a moving bike. If for some weird reason I had to do this in real life, reholstering wouldn't be that terribly hard.

 

[Kevlarman]

Makes you wonder how horse cavalry ever managed to hit anything from horseback...

How about with that "chopping" thing they always do?

 

[Dr.Rob]

Sounds like someone needs a lanyard.

 

[blades67]

Remember well the words of Clint Smith, "You can shoot or you can drive, not both."

 

[Jeff OTMG]

Actually not moving is the best way. Lay the bike down and get behind it, that engine provides pretty good cover.

 

[Gordon]

A VERY effective technique I saw in use in SEA is to have the passenger shoot off then back. It works best with AK-47's on full auto!

 

[Jesse H]

When I'm stopped at a red light in a bad section of town, I put the bike in neutral. I know this is counter to what the MSF recommends, but if the bike is in first and I have to do anything with my left hand, it's going to be a mess.

I leave it in 1st, right hand randomly pressing the brake to set off the brake light for visibility and a quick escape. I'm constantly checking my mirrors on the bike even while stopped. I figure the chances of getting creamed by a soccer mom in an Expedition while talking on the cell phone from behind are higher than needing a gun.

With the way I carry, it'd take too long to access my gun from iwb or fanny pack underneath my gear, with gloves on. I can be at 60 mph in 4 seconds, or fumbling for my gun while still in trouble in 4 seconds.

Oh yeah, Thumper, I got my bike.

 

[Thumper]

Outstanding, Jesse!

I figured you had gotten it already. Any mishaps? MSF graduates rarely have any trouble, so I'm sure everything's fine.

I brought mine in to work today...haven't been riding that much because I got a new Rott pup. He's been going everywhere with me, but he prefers the truck to the bike.